USA Army Registration Card - see copy on file: Serial Number 2571, Order Number 192, James Christopher Duckering, 38 Deepwater, Henry, Mo. Age 38 born 8 Mar 1880. USA citizen, native born. Farmer 38 Deepwater, Henry, Mo. Contact person Thomas Duckering 38 Deepwater, Henry, Mo. Signed James Christopher Duckering. Medium height, medium build & color hair & eyes light. Dated 12 Sep 1918.
James apparently never married. (Don 20.12.96)
James Christopher "Chris" DUCKERING was born on March 8, 1881 in Boosbeck, North Yorkshire, England. He immigrated on February 12, 1885, with his mother Martha and brothers Thomas William and James Charles, arriving in the United States on the S/S Gallia and was naturalized in 1886. Chris appeared in the census on Jun 12, 1900 and April 29, 1910 in Howell Co., Missouri. He appeared in the census on January 2, 1920 in Henry Co., Missouri. Chris died on September 5, 1963 at the age of 82. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, aka: Rickett Cemetery, Brownington, Henry, Missouri. He was never married.
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